Hand planer



J. F. HOY AND J. C. WHITESELL, JR.

HAND PLANER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30.1921.

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ISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA,

ASSIGNORS TO THE LUSTER-J'ORDAN COMPANY, OF NORRISTOWN, PENNSYL- VANIA,A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

HAND PLANER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22 1922.

Original application filed August 7, 1919, Serial No. 315,986. Dividedand this application filed June 30,

To all whom it may concerm Be it known that we, JOHN F. HOY and JOHN C.WHIrnsELL, Jr., citizens of the United States, residing at Norristown,county of Montgomery, State of Pennsyl- Vania, have jointly inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Hand Planers, of which thefollowing is a specification, the same being a division of ourapplication for Letters Patent filed August 7, 1919, and seriallynumbered 315,986.

This invention relates to the type of planer shown and described inLetters Patent #1281207 and has for its leading object to improve thecutter shaft bearing arrangement thereof for commercially bettering thistype of planer. Other and further objects relate to the provision ofcertain new and novel arrangements, connections and combinations ofparts for attaining the ends sought by said leading object.

The invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described andfinally claimed.

The nature characteristic features and scope of the invention will bemore fully understood from the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, and in which Fig. 1,is a longitudinal sectional view of a planer embodying features of theinvention.

gig. 2, is a top or plan view of Fig. 1, an

Fig. 3, is a view in side elevation of Fig. 2.

For the purpose of illustrating our invention, we have shown in theaccompanying drawings one form thereof which is at present preferred byus, since the same has been found in practice to give satisfactory andreliable results, although it is to be understood that the variousinstrumentalities of which our invention consists can be variouslyarranged and organized and that our invention is not limited to theprecise arrangement and organization of the instrunientalities as hereinshown and described.

In the drawings 10 designates the supporting frame of the planer thetwo-part central base of which is designated 1112,

the part 11 being movable with respect to Serial No. 481,679.

part 12. The base as a whole is flat from end to end of the planer andsaid base parts have fixed thereto rigid shoes designated 13-14respectively. The base parts are spaced from one another to provide anopenmg in which operates a cutter 15' fixed to a driven shaft 16. Rotarymotion is imparted to said shaft through the instrumentality of a trainof gear wheels interposed between said shaft and an electric motor 17.The shaft16 is so mounted with respect to frame 10 as to be capable ofbeing adjusted in a substantially vertical manner to compensate for wearof the knives 18 of the rotary cutter. The frame 10 is cut away as at T9to receive slidable blocks 20 in which the shaft 16 is journaled. Theupper edges of the frame 10 are inclined and grooved as clearlyillustrated in Fig. 1. Fixed to such inclined portions are plates 21having tongues which fit in the grooves of frame 10 and serve tomaintain said plates against displacement. Each block 20 is secured to aplate 21 by screws 22. A block adjusting screw 23 penetrates plate 21and engages a block 20. By loosening screws 22 and tightening screws 23blocks 20 may be moved sufiiciently to lower cutter to compensate forwear of the cutter knives.

It will now be apparent that we have devised a novel and usefulconstruction which embodies the features of advantage enumerated asdesirable in the statement of the invention and the above descriptionand while we have in the present instance shown and described thepreferred embodiment thereof which has been found in practice to givesatisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood 'that the sameis susceptible of modification in various particulars without departingfrom the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of itsadvantages.

What we claim is:

1. In a planer the combination of frames the sides of which are providedwith inclined slots to receive blocks and the upper faces of which areinclined and grooved, slidable blocks mounted in said slots, a cutterjournaled in said blocks, plates provided with ton ues fitted to thegrooves of said frames, screws securing said blocks with respect to saidplates and adjusting screws passing'through said plates and engagingsaid blocks whereby upon loosening of the first mentioned screws andtightening of the adjusting screws said cutter may be lowered.

2. In a planer a pair of frames each frame. being provided With aninclined slot to receive a block and each frame provided with aninclined and grooved upper face, a slidable block mounted in each slot,a cutter journaled in said blocks, a plate provided with tongues mountedupon each of said inclined faces and fitting the grooves thereof, meansfor securing said plates to said frames, screws for securing said blockswith respect to said plates and an adjusting screw for each block whichscrews penetrate said plates.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto signed our names.

JOHN F. HOY.

J. G. WHITESELL, JR.

